Follower for filing apparatus.



J. A. BEST.

FOLLOWER FOR FILING APPARATUS.

APILIOATION TILED JULY 27,1912.

1,065,164, Patented June 17,1913.

AZ QAZ a g WIMESSES (HVE/VTOR mam/HA JQHN AUSTIN BEST, OF A'UGUSTA,GEORGIA.

FOLLOXVEB FOR FILING APPARATUS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented J one 1?, till 3.

Application filed M13 27. 1912. Serial No. 711,912.

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I tie it known that l. Joux M's'rm llics'r, a citizen of the UnitedStates. and a citizen of Augusta. in the county of Richmond and State ofGeorgia. have invented a new and useful Improvement in Followers torFiling Apparatus, of which the follow lug is a specification.

My present invention relates generally to filing"apparatus, and moreparticularl to a follower or a card supportingifmember. my objectfbeingtil-provide a follower having means whereby it may be readily andetl'ectively secured in adjusted position and qllltlil and easilyreleased when desired.

it my further object to provide such means that the operator may be.free to devote. both hands to the movement of the tollower blocksubsequent to its release.

With these and other objects which, togetherwith the :ulvantages of mypresent invention. will be clearly apparent. troni the followingdescription. my invention resides in the features of construction,arrangement and operation to be now described with respect to theaccompanying drawing t'ornr ing a part of this specification, and inwhich,

Figure l is a transverse vertical section through a filing apparatusillustrating my improved follower block and its locking andreleasingmeans in elevation; Fig. 2 is a detail sectional view takensubstantially on the line 2-2 of Fig. i; Fig. 3 is a View similar to'l il illustratin the ada nation of my invention to a filing apparatusenibodying a pair ol follower guides or supportingmembers arranged inhorizontal aliuemeut; and Fig. l. is another similar view illustratiu;the adaptation of my inveution to a tiling apparatus embodying t'ollowerguides or holding members arranged in vertical alincnient.

lt-elerriugg to these figures. my improved follower comprises. the usualFollower l )l )('l\' .\v \\'llltll movably mounted upon its guide orholding rod 1).

Mounted upon the rear tare ot' the tollower bloel; is 2 locking rod (5.said rod eomprisiu; an upper upright portion w, ter lllllltlllllfg atits upper end in a bent handle t". and a low r angular portion 1-. theextremitv ol which is pivotally wured at 1" .\s will he noted. the pointof pivoting ol" the lot-hing rod (1 is in snbstantiallv horixou lalalinemeul with the guide member ll. and the upright and angularfJUl'LlUi'l$ ol' the lm'ltillg rod are movable in guides o secured tothe lollower block in such a manner that movement of the rod in onedirection causes its angular portion 0 to firmly engage the guide memberB in such a manner as to lock the follower block against movementvthereon. In the last-mentioned position. the upright portion 0 of thelocking rod t. engages the shouldered portion (l of a keeper '1) alsosecured upon the rear surface of the follower bloch. Thus it onlynecessary that the upright. portion c of the looking rod he movedlaterally in one direction and then slightly in a direction rearwardly"from the block A. in order to ettect, its release from the keeper l andconsequently its relaise from the guide member I), as indicated indotted lines in Fig. 1.

The form ol' my invention as shown in Fig. 1 indicates the extremity ofthe angular portion 1' of the locking rod C as being pivoted at if bymeans of a screw F.

in case the follower block A, as shown in Fig.3, is to be movablymounted upon a pair of horizontally alined guide members ll and B alocking rod l similar in construction to the rod t. previouslydescribed, may have the extremity of its lower angular portion f looselycoiled about the guide member 13* whereby to t'orm its pivot and canable the said angular portion to bear against. the other guide memberll; as will be clearly seen. Should the follower .U, as shown in Fig. 4,be movably mounted upon vertically alined guide members it and B", asshown in Fig. 4, however, the same construction as illustrated inconnection with Fig. It is em: ployed to operate in connection with thelower of the guide members it.

Thus from the foregoing. it. will\be uuderstood that with the parts inthe locked position as indicated in the several figures in tall lines,it is simply necessary to grasp the upper handle end of the locking rod,and move the same laterally. and theme. slightly to the rear of thet'ollower block in order that it may be released tron] its keeper and atthe same time release the block for movement. l rom-this it will beapparent that iuasuuu-h as the locking rod does-not need to be held inthe released posit i n. the operator is free to use both hands insliding the t'ollower block to the position desir d. this being ol'considerable. advantage. espe ially where only a single follower guiderod is pl'm idi-d as the block. it canted ineli'ecti we.

I claim: l. A follower for filing apparatus, C0111 oiling thecombination with a guide or Molding member, of e, follower blockmovxiii?) on said member, it looking rod having on uprightportion and anangular end porlion, the extremity-of which latter end portion ispivoted in substantially the same horizontal plane with the said guideor holding member whereby lateral movement of 1 the upright portion willcause the said engulnr portion to bear against the said guide or holdingmember and friotionally engage therewith, and a keeper mounted onthefollower block and with which the said up 4' l s, na ilUllilliyengage right rod portion is engng'enbleto maintain the rod in engagedposition against the guide or holding member.

2. A follower for filing apparatus, comprising the combination with apair of wide or holdin members in horizontal,

ulinement, of a follower block movable on both of said members, alocking rod having an upright portion and a lower angular end portion,the extremity of which latter is loosely bent around one of the guidememhers whereby lateral movement of the upright rod portion will causethe said angulargiortion to friotionally engage the other 111 followerblock and with which the said upright rod portion is engageoble to holdits said angular portion against the said guide member.

JOHN AUSTIN BEST.

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